Yes Keith, that about sums it up. It's all the King's New Clothes syndrome.
These fads come and go, as someone's new theory becomes fashionable. But
scientific it ain't, and about as useful as throwing a few chicken bones on
the floor, a custom still practised in some places, and sometimes used in
matters of life and death for some unfortunate.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...
Bernard Burton wrote:
I think that SST anomalies are of limited value in forecasting, except
on
the local scale. The current SST is a reflection of what has happened to
that area of water in the past. It has a close affinity to the weather
patterns that have existed in in the past few days extending back to
weeks
with decreasing amplitude of effect. Long-wave global dynamical patterns
in
the mid-upper troposphere that largely determine the run of events in
mid-latitudes, are reasonably co-herent in the medium term. However,
the
dynamics of the mid-upper troposphere is little influenced by small
relatively local SST anomalies compared with the overall inbalances that
naturally exist between the equator and poles.


--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

I guess if there was a definate link with SST anamolies and our weather
it would all be to easy. At the end of the day we all seem to be
clutching at straws g

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net